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Put Out the Green Light
The wrecking ball comes for Daisy Buchanan, but did she live at Lands End? Whatever you like, old sport!
April 21st, 2011
On the farthest edge of Sands Point, Long Island, the house known as Lands End stood wind-battered and decrepit, its face scarred from years of relentless salty gusts ripping off the top of Long Island Sound. In its last days it lingered there on the shore, barely past the water, as a colossal relic from the long-gone Gold Coast. They say it was the inspiration for Daisy Buchanan’s house in The Great Gatsby. Read more »
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Can We Shape a Better City?
The utopian promise of the citizen planner
April 21st, 2011
For more than four decades, the architect Robert Fielden has been our city’s most tireless champion of quality sustainable urban planning. He’s seen the Las Vegas Valley evolve from dusty gambling outpost to sprawling metropolis, and he’s helped create the look of modern Las Vegas with projects such as the Summerlin Library and the College of Southern Nevada’s Charleston Campus. Read more »
Seven Days
This week in your city.
April 21st, 2011
Mon 25 The Crown Vegas at the Rio hosts some of the most famous names of Motown, as The Platters, The Cornell Gunter Coasters and The Marvelettes take the stage. The show is reminiscent of the smooth and upbeat days of the 1950s and ’60s with classics such as “Please Mr. Postman” and “Charlie Brown.” The all-ages show has been a staple in Las Vegas for 14 years, and is performed nightly at 7. Tickets are $39.50 for general seating, $59.50 for VIP and available at TheCrownVegas.com. Read more »
Media
Networking, Survival and Salsa With the R-J
April 21st, 2011
The state’s largest newspaper got a new editor in December, and last week he spoke to an audience comprised primarily of gay and lesbian businesspeople in a Mexican restaurant at the bedraggled and beloved Commercial Center. Apropos of the venue, the times and the newspaper industry, the topic was survival. It was not gay rights, nor the state budget implosion, nor the political slant of the paper—but the challenge of being viable. Read more »
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Tweets of the Week
April 21st, 2011
Seven days of tasty observations and bite-sized commentary from Vegas and beyond, served 140 characters at a time. Curated by @marseniuk, published every Thursday—get 'em while they're hot! Read more »
Is This any Time to Open a new Mall?
Tivoli Village is betting big on a unique environment and an economic upswing
April 15th, 2011
The commercial real estate market is in the gutter. Sales are down everywhere. Housing? Wait ’til 2015. Suicides are up. Depression. Recession. Yawn. There you have it, all the tempering and caution needed for stories like this, about the opening of a luxury, $850 million retail site in Las Vegas. Read more »
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Old-School Visionary
The nostalgic future of Carolyn Goodman
April 14th, 2011
Carolyn Goodman, who will face off against Chris Giunchigliani on June 7 for the right to be Las Vegas’ next mayor, has been admirably clear about her major policy goal: She wants carry on her the legacy of her husband, Mayor Oscar Goodman. Read more »
UNLV
Returning Rebel
New UNLV coach Dave Rice comes home to heal fresh wounds
April 14th, 2011
After living a successful and, by all accounts, honorable life for 42 years, Dave Rice suddenly found everything about himself being questioned in the days after he was named a candidate to become UNLV’s next men’s basketball coach. Read more »
Development
Henderson Hope
April 14th, 2011
The plan announced April 7 for a 171-acre integrated health village in Henderson is a window into the endurance of both hope and hubris in the Las Vegas Valley. David Baker, a California developer who is the managing partner of the proposed $1.5 billion project at U.S. 95 and Galleria Drive, expects it to create 17,000 jobs and generate billions of dollars in tax revenues. Read more »
Politics
An election to remember?
April 14th, 2011
A week of analysis later, Carolyn Goodman’s 18,040 votes and 37 percent of the vote mean everything and nothing. The outcome may have repudiated the notion of a Goodman dynasty, or been an impressive outing for a candidate without the political background of her leading opponents. Or neither, since turnout was below 20 percent. Read more »
